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Lack of Association between rs4331426 Polymorphism in the Chr18q11.2 Locus and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in an Iranian Population.
Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES - 1 Jul 2016
Naderi Mohammad, Hashemi Mohammad, Bahari Gholamreza
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OBJECTIVE: The effect of rs4331426 polymorphism in the Chr18q11.2 locus on pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) risk was evaluated. METHODS: This case-control study included 208 PTB patients and 204 healthy subjects. Genotyping of the rs4331426 variant was conducted using polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism. RESULTS: The frequencies of genotypes AA, AG, and GG polymorphisms were 83.1%,...
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